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The Chhattisgarh government on Tuesday, 8 January named controversial police officer SRP Kalluri as the head of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) that will probe the alleged irregularities in the Public Distribution System (PDS), reported Hindustan Times.
Kalluri was transferred from Bastar to the state police headquarters on 2 January last year, after allegations of human rights violations. On 3 January, 2019 the Congress government had appointed him as the chief of the Anti-Corruption Bureau and Economic Offences Wing.
The opposition expressed objection over Kalluri’s appointment as SIT chief.
BJP Sachinand Upasane said that the Congress criticised Kalluri when it was in opposition. “This shows that Congress government is trying to save someone,” he added.
The state government formed the SIT on 1 January to probe the PDS scam, which came to light in 2014 after the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) seized cash and documents in raids conducted in various parts of the state.
The alleged scam was unearthed in 2014. The Congress, then in the opposition, claimed that the scam was worth Rs 36,000 crore.
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